44 OLD SHOREHAM ROAD (BRIGHTON) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05477304 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-10
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-012024-10-01

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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  2. 2025-06-21
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-06-13
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    CLEANTHI, Christo Emmanuel resigned
    director
  4. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-12
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  6. 2022-10-02
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  7. 2021-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  8. 2020-12-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
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  9. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  10. 2020-04-22
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  11. 2019-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  12. 2018-02-20
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  13. 2017-02-21
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  14. 2016-06-18
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  15. 2016-02-19
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  16. 2015-06-14
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  17. 2012-08-31
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    MACDONALD, Seth Lewis resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-08-31
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    MACDONALD, Seth Lewis resigned
    director
  19. 2005-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As 44 OLD SHOREHAM ROAD (BRIGHTON) LIMITED
  20. 2005-06-10
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    SHACKLETON, Gregory John appointed
    director
  21. 2005-06-10
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    MACDONALD, Seth Lewis appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-06-10
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    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-06-10
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    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-06-10
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    CLEANTHI, Christo Emmanuel appointed
    director
  25. 2005-06-10
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Seth Lewis appointed
    director
  26. 2005-06-10
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    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-06-10
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    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gregory John Shackleton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest11/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Triggles House Hole Street
Ashington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 3DE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last made up to: 2025-10-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

SHACKLETON, Gregory John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Seth Lewis→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-10 · resigned 2012-08-31
Resigned
C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-10 · resigned 2005-06-10
Resigned
CLEANTHI, Christo Emmanuel→
director · ~91y · appointed 2005-06-10 · resigned 2025-06-13
Resigned
MACDONALD, Seth Lewis→
director · ~50y · appointed 2005-06-10 · resigned 2012-08-31
Resigned
C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-10 · resigned 2005-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10